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"I need a New PC!" 2013 Part 1. Haswell, Crysis 3, and secret fairy sauce. Read da OP
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Osiris
I permanently banned my 6 year old daughter from using the PS4 for mistakenly sending grief reports as it's too hard to watch or talk to her
We should change the subject, about that Zalman Reserator... oh man.
Fanless... silent right?
No, I swear the pump was louder than the air cooler it replaced, and worse, it was outside the bloody case (at the bottom of the reservoir to be exact).
It also gurgled like a fishtank.
The wife made me lose it pretty quick, and I can't blame her
Fanless... silent right?
No, I swear the pump was louder than the air cooler it replaced, and worse, it was outside the bloody case (at the bottom of the reservoir to be exact).
It also gurgled like a fishtank.
The wife made me lose it pretty quick, and I can't blame her
Mr. Wonderful
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Actually, we have no idea either way, at the moment, and won't know until we start seeing next generation/cross-generation games hitting this fall that are designed without the 256MB VRAM limitation of the PS360 in mind.
We should change the subject, about that Zalman Reserator... oh man.
Fanless... silent right?
No, I swear the pump was louder than the air cooler it replaced, and worse, it was outside the bloody case (at the bottom of the reservoir to be exact).
It also gurgled like a fishtank.
The wife made me lose it pretty quick, and I can't blame her
Those earlier WC pumps were all made for aquaria. So yeah they were pretty much the opposite of silent
. I used to run a cheapass custom loop on my P4 2.8Ghz and 9800Pro that had one of those hydor pumps. That thing would make my entire case resonate like crazy when it was on, and it didn't even turn off with the PC as it operated on AC voltage only.Osiris
I permanently banned my 6 year old daughter from using the PS4 for mistakenly sending grief reports as it's too hard to watch or talk to her
I think he may be talking about the fact that it's 4GB on a 256bit bus (rather than the 384bit of the 780's), there's no point having VRAM you can't make effective use of because you're bandwidth starved.
You should still be able to stick a lot of high res textures or models in there anyway. You don't have to copy all the data every frame.
The only possible problem (that I can see) would be that the 770 will struggle rendering 4GB of "stuff", which sounds incorrect, but frankly I have no idea.
Yes.
Yes.
Eaten By A Grue
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Maybe reinstall BF3? Also I wonder if the game is doing HDD I/O and that is your bottleneck? Are you using a SSD or do you need to defrag a standard HDD if that is what you are using? I am pretty sure the game loads into memory though...
Also run Windows task manger and make sure something is not hogging the resources in the background.
Re-installing isn't a bad idea, I'll give that a try. A lot of the stuff you said went right over my head, though haha. I have an HDD, no idea what defraging is and whatnot.
EDIT: I'll try MoH: Warfighter as well since they use the same engine.
Eaten By A Grue
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If you have a non-solid state HDD then you should run a Windows program called defrag. There should be instructions online that can walk you through it. It will organize the data on your HDD efficiently and probably worth a try.
Hm, alright. I'll think about that. How reliable is it? Sounds easily...fishy.
Just ran Warfighter, perfect performance. Buttery smooth 60fps, all settings maxed, etc. I'm going to give re-installing BF3 a try because the more I look at it, that is the one game that stands out as having issues. Everything else right now is running great.
Gaf, some help please.
Switched on my computer today and everything was fine. Left it on as I went out for a few hours came back and it had switched itself off. So I press the power switch and the case fans and light start up for a split second before everything powers down again. Once this occurs pressing the power button again gets no response, nothing, nada, zip. No lights or fans start up. Only way to get that split second power up is to flip the switch on the psu itself off then on again.
I've taken apart the computer, cleaned everything as I thought it may have been down to heat, no luck. Are we looking at a dead power supply here? The motherboard lights up when the psu switch is on which means its getting some power I guess?
Computer specs:
Asus P8P67 LE
I5 2500k (oc to 4.2, air cooled)
Corsair cx600 power supply
670 gtx
8gb ram
Thanks for any replies!
Switched on my computer today and everything was fine. Left it on as I went out for a few hours came back and it had switched itself off. So I press the power switch and the case fans and light start up for a split second before everything powers down again. Once this occurs pressing the power button again gets no response, nothing, nada, zip. No lights or fans start up. Only way to get that split second power up is to flip the switch on the psu itself off then on again.
I've taken apart the computer, cleaned everything as I thought it may have been down to heat, no luck. Are we looking at a dead power supply here? The motherboard lights up when the psu switch is on which means its getting some power I guess?
Computer specs:
Asus P8P67 LE
I5 2500k (oc to 4.2, air cooled)
Corsair cx600 power supply
670 gtx
8gb ram
Thanks for any replies!
Could well be that CX unit, they're not great. Try the paperclip test on it.
I figured. My computer was crashing a bit in the last couple of days, and I figured I'd swap out the psu. Seems to have stopped crashing, but the cpu fan's gone into overdrive. So loud. over 5000rpm for sure.
Plus looks like win8 is fucking up. Can't access power savings menu...
And I was just about to order myself a motherboard/cpu/ram in the next couple of days.
Plus looks like win8 is fucking up. Can't access power savings menu...
And I was just about to order myself a motherboard/cpu/ram in the next couple of days.
Wish I'd known that before ordering the cx.
I got mine for £35. And two day free delivery with the amazon locker thing. It was a 24hour locker too, which was a bonus.
Wish I'd known that before ordering the cx.
I got mine for £35. And two day free delivery with the amazon locker thing. It was a 24hour locker too, which was a bonus.
Hey, you could've experienced the joys of Maplin to get the XFX
http://www.maplin.co.uk/450w-xfx-pr...echnology-587552?c=AffilWin127079&t=216430611
Celcius
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If you've got a tube of thermal paste about a year old, is it still as good as new or should you just order a new tube?
Why don't all Titans/780's come with high-flow brackets by default? Do they make the back restrictive because they're scared someone will try to stick a pencil in or something?
Any idea when/if Titans will be consistently in stock on a regular basis?
Why don't all Titans/780's come with high-flow brackets by default? Do they make the back restrictive because they're scared someone will try to stick a pencil in or something?
Any idea when/if Titans will be consistently in stock on a regular basis?
Right guys, checked my atx connection, did the paper clip test and the psu fan spins for half a second then dies. So I guess it's that then? Can anyone recommend a cheap but good psu I can buy to use whilst I rma my corsair one? Is that xfx one enough to power my system? I'm from the uk so could run to maplins in the morning to get one. Thank you for your help btw.
All of it for that price?
Yep the PSU is dead if that is the case. What is your system?
Yep.
Bugger, thought as much! Thanks for the help pc gaf
system is:Asus p8p67 le
I5 2500k
Msi 670 gtx
8gb corsair ram
Asus xonar essence stx sound card
1.5 tb hdd and one ocz vertex 3 ssd
DVD rw drive
What's the minimum power ill need?
You're going to be hard pushed then for anything more than an FM2 Athlon. You'd be talking something like this
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75M-DGS Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£44.50 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£48.96 @ Dabs)
Other: AMD Athlon X4 760k Black Edition Quad Processor (Socket FM2, 3.8GHz, 4MB, 100W, AD760kWOHLBOX, Richland, Turbo Core 3.0 Technology, Virtualization Technology) (£63.96)
Total: £157.42
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-22 01:01 BST+0100)
There is the 750K too, it's a bit cheaper but clocked lower. Could also drop the RAM to 4GB.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£57.89 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75M-DGS Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£44.50 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£48.96 @ Dabs)
Other: AMD Athlon X4 760k Black Edition Quad Processor (Socket FM2, 3.8GHz, 4MB, 100W, AD760kWOHLBOX, Richland, Turbo Core 3.0 Technology, Virtualization Technology) (£63.96)
Total: £215.31
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-22 01:03 BST+0100)
You need a GPU for these too as they don't have one built in.
Bugger, thought as much! Thanks for the help pc gaf
Asus p8p67 le
I5 2500k
Msi 670 gtx
8gb corsair ram
Asus xonar essence stx sound card
1.5 tb hdd and one ocz vertex 3 ssd
DVD rw drive
What's the minimum power ill need?
You'd get away with that 450w XFX, the 550w is another tenner but you'd end up with a better unit than that Corsair http://www.maplin.co.uk/550w-xfx-pro-series-atx-psu-with-easyrail-technology-587550
Just had a look on Guru3D for their power consumption figures, you'll defs be grand with that 450w if you just want something temporary (although as I said I wouldn't be surprised if you just kept using it)
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/kfa2_geforce_gtx_670_ex_oc_review,7.html
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/kfa2_geforce_gtx_670_ex_oc_review,7.html
oh... I thought I could get a intel i3 for the time being and upgrade later... Probably means I have to push up my budget a fair bit.
You're talking £90 for an i3 3220, unless you look on eBay or somewhere.
Yeah, I'm gonna start saving for one now. Meanwhile they probably get cheaper and I buy a good one.
Post pics when you're done building it.
I'm trying to decide between that Asus and the MX239H. I've read some bad things about the VG23AH so I'll probably buy the MX.
I'll try to find more reviews of both and I'll let you know the pros and cons of each.
Yeah. Just saw on amazon.
so about £200 - gpu, I'll use my crappy one now and get 7850 next month...
edit: Recommendations?
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Awww man, card I wanted is gone:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...02024&Tpk=radeon hd 7870 xt&IsVirtualParent=1
Ah well, better things will be cheaper later. Still.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...02024&Tpk=radeon hd 7870 xt&IsVirtualParent=1
Ah well, better things will be cheaper later. Still.
Alright, I've checked a shit ton of games and can confirm that my stuttering issue with my GTX 770 is confined to Battlefield only. Bioshock Infinite, Spec Ops: The Line, The Witcher 2, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Bad Company 2, Syndicate, Metro: Last Light, etc., ALL of these are running butter smooth, 60fps, no hooks, stutters, or anything of the like.
Battlefield 3 is the only one still giving me trouble. I'm currently doing a "repair install" on Origin, whatever that means, but I plan to reinstall the game. If my problem persists then, well, we'll go on from there. But for the time being it's good to know that it seems like only BF3 is hurting.
And now I can praise how fucking awesome the 770 is. What a beast. Cuts through everything I threw at it. Need to start upping the resolution to put those 4GB of VRAM to work.
Battlefield 3 is the only one still giving me trouble. I'm currently doing a "repair install" on Origin, whatever that means, but I plan to reinstall the game. If my problem persists then, well, we'll go on from there. But for the time being it's good to know that it seems like only BF3 is hurting.
And now I can praise how fucking awesome the 770 is. What a beast. Cuts through everything I threw at it. Need to start upping the resolution to put those 4GB of VRAM to work.
The mx does seem really nice. Please do let me know the pros and cons.
Instead of getting a new console, I am considering upgrading my PC instead.
Those new Nvidea cards are far too expensive, I can't really justify spending that for one graphics card (regardless how much I want to ). At the moment I have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1GB GDDR5, do any of you have a recommendation for a relatively good value card upgrade?
Or shouldn't I bother?
Those new Nvidea cards are far too expensive, I can't really justify spending that for one graphics card (regardless how much I want to
). At the moment I have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1GB GDDR5, do any of you have a recommendation for a relatively good value card upgrade?Or shouldn't I bother?
Mr. Wonderful
Member
Since upgrading to my 770 4GB last night and the 320.18 driver, Bioshock Infinite has been slightly buggy to at one time graphically glitchy as hell for me.
Yesterday, I played a couple of hours and I just noticed pop-in was a little worse and an overlay in the Escape menu wasn't taking up the whole screen.
Today I was playing and the floors and walls started to disappear, and enemies appeared as these giant balls of silver and red spikes. Things were absolutely fucked until I restarted the game.
I think something's just up with the 320.18 driver. Maybe Nvidia hasn't released an official driver for the 770 yet or something, maybe the 320.18 driver just sucks, or maybe it's my card or my install.
Instead of getting a new console, I am considering upgrading my PC instead.
Those new Nvidea cards are far too expensive, I can't really justify spending that for one graphics card (regardless how much I want to
Or shouldn't I bother?
Tell us how much you want to spend
PlayALLtheGames
Banned
I don't need a new PC quite yet, but I did add another Corsair Force GT SSD for a nice RAID setup. I started with a 180gb and was constantly out of space with only a few games installed. Added a 240gb so now I'm at 335gb. Performance is amazing, as always.
Antec Skeleton case
Nvidia GTX 590
2600k
G Skill 8GBs DDR2133
Next big update I'm planning on replacing pretty much everything except the case, and adding watercooling and 30" monitor. Probably do that right around BF4.
Antec Skeleton case
Nvidia GTX 590
2600k
G Skill 8GBs DDR2133
Next big update I'm planning on replacing pretty much everything except the case, and adding watercooling and 30" monitor. Probably do that right around BF4.
Which Intel CPU?
Roland1979
Junior Member
oops wrong thread lol.
PlayALLtheGames
Banned
It's brilliant. Tons of breathing room, the whole thing pulls out from the arching frame so you have plenty of space to work, plenty of space to add stuff, and it's easy to clean and transport. Very quiet if you put the fan on top on low and actually I don't think faster than that is ever needed.
Also sits right on your desk so easy to get to.
If anything it's more practical than a full tower.
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